WARNING: You are trying to view
content from Ultimate-Guitar.com
in an unauthorized application,
which is prohibited.
Please use an official Ultimate
Guitar Tabs application for iPhone,
iPad or Android to access legitimate
chords, guitar, bass, and drum tabs
from Ultimate-Guitar.com database.
Type "ultimate guitar tabs" in Apple
App Store's or Android Market's
search to find the application.
Get Busy is probably Sean Paul's most famous song. it has a repeating chord sequence of
> G/E > F#/E > F/E throughout. its the chromatic transition of these chords that gives
song its tension-filled, serious sound. On the recording you can hear them being played
an organ, but an acoustic guitar will do just fine, provided you have a good strumming
This is how I play them:
Em G/E F#/E F/E
0 2 2 0 0 0 0 5 5 4 3 X 0 4 4 3 2 X 0 3 3 2 1 X
the fingering may look strange, but its a smooth transition going from the G/E > F#/E >
since all you're doing is just sliding down the fretboard. In addition to the chords,
is a dissonent melody that is played during the intro and the chorus. Again on the
recording a keyboard is used, but it sounds pretty cool on an electic guitar with heavy distortion:
Em G/E F#/E F/E
Q. E E E E E Q. E E E E E
e||------------------10----------|----------------------13------|
B||--12------11--12------12--11--|--------------10--13------13--|
G||------------------------------|--11------10------------------|
D||------------------------------|------------------------------|
A||------------------------------|------------------------------|
E||------------------------------|------------------------------|
these 2 bars just repeat over and over. You can mess around in the key of Em like I do
create some wicked improvisions. rock on!
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole
H - half
Q - quarter
E - 8th
S - 16th
T - 32nd
X - 64th
. - note dotted
|-n-| - n-tuplets